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Super hits $2 trillion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
The latest quarterly statistics from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) show that super assets increased 6.1% to $2.0 trillion in the 12 months to 31 December. Of this number, $1.26 trillion are APRA-regulated fund assets with the ...

Regulators coordinating efforts to protect super

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Australia's financial services regulators have committed to coordinating their efforts to ensure that professionals working in the country's self-managed superannuation sector are acting as they should do. In a panel session at the SMSF Association ...

PC to lead another inquiry into super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... finance). The PC has been asked to pay special attention to competition structures in the superannuation industry, its regulation, the effect of government policy and relevant international experience. Indicating how far reaching this inquiry could be ...

ASFA chief executive Vamos to step down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... discussion to include insurance, investment governance and advice and has been a strong proponent of industry self-regulation," ASFA chair Dr Michael Easson said on behalf of the board. "The development of good public policy is one thing, but the ability ...

Life insurance profits leap 31pct

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... $3.2 billion in the 12 months to December 2015, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Non-investment linked businesses contributed $2.3 billion and investment-linked businesses contributed ...

New super data adds more disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
The first wave of new superannuation data collected and distributed by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) can only add to debate around disclosure rules for super funds. APRA's annual superannuation bulletin now has data that includes ...

Investec buys stake in equity crowdfunding fintech

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... smart capital intermediation, which is what Equitise does, fits this mandate." The Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) released a report in 2015 recommending equity crowdfunding be allowed in the country, proposing a $2 million total ...

Active managers need new measurement

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... value, negating up to 85 basis points in overall performance. New research from the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) finds the way performance is measured from disclosed holdings "contains systematic biases related to interim trading ...

Retail super portfolios dodge disclosure: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... said while some feedback has been provided by other organisations at recent meetings with regulators that the draft regulation could also include the top 10 investment options for platforms, "AIST strongly believes that full inclusion is required to ...

CBA innovation hubs go global

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... start-up communities to the latest fintech developments. Yesterday New South Wales Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, Victor Dominello, released a state government Collaborative Ecomony Position Paper which acknowledged the peer-to-peer sector ...